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Boy recovering after gang attack in Daytona Beach

Florida police officers said a 14-year-old boy was pummeled in a gang-related beatdown that was caught on cellphone camera.

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Updated: 10:16 PM EDT Oct 4, 2013

Boy recovering after gang attack in Daytona Beach

Florida police officers said a 14-year-old boy was pummeled in a gang-related beatdown that was caught on cellphone camera.

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Updated: 10:16 PM EDT Oct 4, 2013

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WEBVTT PUMMELED OUTSIDE A HOME. GOOD EVENING. THAT BOY WAS ATTACKED YESTERDAY, AND TODAY HIS MOTHER WENT TO POLICE. AND CALLED LIVE, AND YOU JUST SPOKE TO THAT MOM. YEAH, I SURE DID. AND -- SHE IS FURIOUS OVER THIS. THE SUSPECT, WHO BEAT UP THIS BOY AND THEN POSTED TO BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. AND NOW THAT VIDEO IS EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM. [BLEEP] A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY PUNCHED AND STOMPED ON. THE BEAT DOWN CAPTURED ON A CELLPHONE CAMERA. I JUST CRIED. THE MOTHER OF BOY DIDN'T WANT US TO REVEAL HER IDENTITY, HER SON IS SCARED AND EMBARRASSED. AFTER A TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL HER SON IS SORE BUT OKAY. HE JUST KEPT MOONING AND GROANING. AND HE WAS FOOLING IT. HIS LUCKY HIS INJURIES AREN'T MORE SERIUS. THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS HIS DOE TECHTIVES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE ATTACKERS. THEY BELIEVE THE ONE FILMING IT IS THE INSTIGATOR. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED QUITE A FEW OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. I JUST WANT HIM TO GO TO JAIL. I CAN GO HOME AND TAKE A SHOWER AND REST. I'VE BEEN UP SINCE THIS HAPPENED. CHIEF SAID HE HOPES TO HAVE ALL OF THE SUSPECTS IN JAIL BY

Boy recovering after gang attack in Daytona Beach

Florida police officers said a 14-year-old boy was pummeled in a gang-related beatdown that was caught on cellphone camera.